Individual School Information - A

(updated October 2018)

You will find an article on 2018 oversubscription data for grammar schools here, and for non-selective schools here. For Grammar School Preferences, only grammar qualified are counted. The PAN is the Published Admission Number and refers to the number of places available in the year group for each school. If additional places were offered, I have recorded this under PAN.

A Report on 2017 Appeals Outcomes here. For Attainment 8 and Progress 8 and further information on the performance of all Kent schools with 2017 GCSE scores go to here for explanation.

The Abbey School, Faversham. OFSTED May 2013 - Good. Has been picking up in reputation over past five years.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS

PAN

1st

preferences

1st preferences

not offered

Vacant

places

2014

210

141

0

12

2015

210

154

0

0

2016

210

164

0

0

2017

230

200

3

0

2018

210

199

12

0

For 2017 entry, oversubscribed with first choices for the first time even after having expanded by 20 places. In recent years has been picking up pupils from Whitstable.

The Archbishop's School, Canterbury. Was a very popular Canterbury school. The school has small classes but surprisingly did not attract a good OFSTED having been found to Require Improvement in both 2012 and October 2013. However most recent OFSTED in January 2016 found that the school is now Good.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS

PAN

1st

preferences

1st preferences

not offered

2014

140

137

16

2015

140

112

3

2016

140

101

6

2017

150

125

17

2018

140

96

9

Popularity feel away sharply in 2014, following oversubscription numbers greater than 50. It now appears to be picking up again under new headteacher.

APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES

Appeals Heard

Upheld

2014

4

2

2015

0

0

2016

0

0

2017

0

0

With traditionally a high number of grammar school appeals successful, it is likely that nearly all who persevere will secure a place, as can be seen by the absence of appeals in the past three years.

PERFORMANCE DATA

Progress 8

Attainment 8

% 5A*-C (inc

Eng and Maths)

A Level

Progress Score

2014

n/a

n/a

48

2015

n/a

n/a

48

2016

-0.31

45.2

Grade 5 GCSE

Maths & Eng

2017

-0.38 (BA)

38.3

19%

-0.42 (BA)

2018

-0.32 (BA)

38.9

12%

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Astor College (A Specialist College for the Arts), Dover. 10% of places awarded on ability in the visual arts. The school is part of the Dover Federation of the Arts, in conjunction with Shatterlocks Infant School, Barton Junior School and White Cliffs Primary College of the Arts. OFSTED March-July 2015, after a controversial series of events, when the school was initially placed in Special Measures, it was found to Require Improvement, down from Good. Plenty of vacancies each year. See article. GCSE performance hovers around the government floor standard each year, falling below it to 35% A*-Cs for 2014 and 29% for 2015. Given full warningby government as to its performance in October 2015. Still run by controversial Chief Executive Chris Russell, although he retired from his seconded position as Executive Principal of the Duke of York's Royal Military School, also an academy in Dover, in December 2016.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS

PAN

1st

preferences

Vacant

places

2014

210

155

24

2015

210

151

28

2016

210

109

86

2017

210

101

84

2018

210

120

9

2018 58 LAAs; No admission appeals.

PERFORMANCE DATA

Progress 8

Attainment 8

% 5A*-C (inc

Eng and Maths)

A Level

Progress Score

2014

n/a

n/a

35

2015

n/a

n/a

29

2016

-0.22

40.8

Grade 5 GCSE

Maths & Eng

2017

-0.45 (BA)

32.8

9%

-0.26(BA)

2018

-0.75 (WBA)

33.3

6%

You will find the latest coverage of ongoing controversy here. Suffers academically from additional pupils being selected locally for grammar school through the Dover Test. Progress 8 sixth lowest in Kent in 2017, Attainment 8 Sixth lowest. Similar in 2018.

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Aylesford School - Sports College.Completely rebuilt around 2010 under a PFI scheme.OFSTED January 2014 - Good. After a periodwhen the school was not popular, it was oversubscribed for 2014 and 2015. Now on nosedive, with Ofsted Nov 2017 Requires Improvement and some of the lowest GCSEs in Kent. Now taken over as a sponsored academy by Wrotham School.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS

PAN

1st

preferences

1st preferences

not offered

Vacant

places

2014

180

151

0

9

2015

180

183

23

0

2016

180

120

0

32

2017

180

104

0

16

2018

2180

280

20

24

Numbers boosted by children from Bluebell Hill area in Medway, 25 in 2017, 20 in 2018.

46 LAAs in 2018.

APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES

Appeals Heard

Upheld

2014

0

0

2015

5

5

2016

0

0

2017

0

0

PERFORMANCE DATA

Progress 8

Attainment 8

% 5A*-C (inc

Eng and Maths)

A Level

Progress Score

2014

n/a

n/a

37

2015

n/a

n/a

30

2016

-0.56

41.0

Grade 5 GCSE

Maths & Eng

2017

-1.05 (WBA)

32.1

9%

-0.33(BA)

2018

-0.70 (WBA)

34.7

12%

Previously above government floor standards for GCSE, the school slipped for 2014 and 2015. Progress 8 and Attainment 8 both third lowest in Kent in 2017, as popularity has slumped.